All goods and/or services are now covered by the "Consumer Guarantees Act" which says all goods must be "Suitable for their intended purpose". The retailer cannot contract out of the act. The act doesn't apply if the goods are intended for business use. By listing a car as an "End of life" car, it can be argued that its intended use is scrap or parts.
gman35,
Jul 28, 3:10pm
Stevo, I think you may have covered this before (thanks again) in a similar thread, BUT I am basically asking why does everything have to be covered by an "Act", which is only of benefit to the consumer, but may mean they cannot purchase said item as cheaply as they may be able to if a dealer did not have to put some extra margin in (however small it may be) to cover any possible, and future cost, comeback.
kazbanz,
Jul 28, 3:10pm
If it clearly states on the auction that the car is sold strictly for dismantling purposes and its an auction then anyone that bids is clearly intending to use the vehicle as a parts donor. I understand this would only apply if cars have clearly stated faults that would rule them out as being of merchantable quality.
bumfacingdown,
Jul 28, 3:16pm
" "Suitable for their intended purpose". " Covers that but wouldn't you dereg them at that stage as well?
stevo2,
Jul 28, 6:14pm
Just telling it the way it is gman. Personally I think the law is bloody stupid. I don't know if you remember the old method when cars had a category ABC or D (no warranty) depending on age and/or mileage. While that wasn't perfect, I'm sure that with a bit of tweaking, we could have kept a system that would function well and remove all of the uncertainty and grey areas of the current CGA.
kazbanz,
Dec 16, 9:06pm
Nope-the reasoning is that the vehicles are usually still driveable which makes it easier to get them back to the wrecking yard. OR someone might have a smashed up one and want a rego'd example they can fit their running gear into.
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